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Mon-26-12-2016, 03:49 AM
Hello,
My name is Daniel and I am trying Taltz again. I first tried it in June 2016 and got really sick a couple days after starting. I don't know if it was related to Taltz, but I was sick 4-5 days. A couple of those days I couldn't even stand up. Good times.
My psoriasis has been bothering me a lot more lately so I wanted to try giving it another shot (no fun intended). I met with my doctor and he was skeptical that Taltz would have made me that sick so we decided to try again.
I took the first two injections tonight about an hour ago (Happy Christmas to me). I am off work this coming week so if I do get sick again, I at least won't have to worry about that.
The first time I tried Taltz the injections REALLY hurt. I don't have a high pain tolerance but this was really bad, especially compared to every other biologic injection I've tried over the years. This time I made sure to take the injectors out at least 30 minutes prior (I can't remember if I did it that long last time) and also used ice packs for 5+ minutes on the injection areas. It still hurt a lot but it was slightly more tolerable than the first time.
I really hope that getting sick last time was an anomaly and that things go much better this time around. The week or two after my initial try, it did seem like some of the patches were starting to be less thick but with not continuing the treatment, it came back as before. I've tried most every biologic available and with the exception of Raptiva, which was pulled years ago, none have worked. I tried Otezla at the beginning of this year but that didn't work either. It did improve things slightly but after a couple months, it went back to the way it was.
Here's hoping. Thanks.
-Daniel
My name is Daniel and I am trying Taltz again. I first tried it in June 2016 and got really sick a couple days after starting. I don't know if it was related to Taltz, but I was sick 4-5 days. A couple of those days I couldn't even stand up. Good times.
My psoriasis has been bothering me a lot more lately so I wanted to try giving it another shot (no fun intended). I met with my doctor and he was skeptical that Taltz would have made me that sick so we decided to try again.
I took the first two injections tonight about an hour ago (Happy Christmas to me). I am off work this coming week so if I do get sick again, I at least won't have to worry about that.
The first time I tried Taltz the injections REALLY hurt. I don't have a high pain tolerance but this was really bad, especially compared to every other biologic injection I've tried over the years. This time I made sure to take the injectors out at least 30 minutes prior (I can't remember if I did it that long last time) and also used ice packs for 5+ minutes on the injection areas. It still hurt a lot but it was slightly more tolerable than the first time.
I really hope that getting sick last time was an anomaly and that things go much better this time around. The week or two after my initial try, it did seem like some of the patches were starting to be less thick but with not continuing the treatment, it came back as before. I've tried most every biologic available and with the exception of Raptiva, which was pulled years ago, none have worked. I tried Otezla at the beginning of this year but that didn't work either. It did improve things slightly but after a couple months, it went back to the way it was.
Here's hoping. Thanks.
-Daniel